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vSTATION INDICATOR. No. 295,405. Patented Ma,1. 18, 1884.

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CHARLES H. JENNE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,405, dated March 18, 1884. Application filed December 7. 1883. (Xo model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GnARLns H. JENNE, of the cit-y ot'India-napolis, county of Marion, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Station and Street Indicator for Railroad and Street Cars, of which the following is a specication.

The object ot` my invention is to provide a combined station and street indicator for railroad and street cars with a cheap, simple, and du rable device for bringing the station or crossings into View. I accomplish this object by means of the device described in the followingspeciiication, reference being had to the drawings tiled herewith, and made a part of this specilication, and in which similar let: ters oi' reference relate to similar parts of my invention.

Figure 1 represents a front view of my device, showing the indicator in position resting on buttons b b' b2, also showing the handles or knobs k le', the knob ofthe adjusting- Screw as, and front board, fb. Fig. 2 is a vertical section oi' my device at the line :c .r of Fig. l, disclosing the rollers o and i", upon which the canvas c is wound. cc is a Wooden or metal case containing my device; sp, friction or brake springs, and as adjusting-screw. Fig. 3 is a iront view of my device with the front board, fb, removed, showing rollers r r', adjusting-screw as, brake-spring sp, and case ce, provided for inclosing my device. Fig. 4 indicates the method of attaching the brakespring sp to the case, so as to bring the desired pressure on the rollers r and r to prevent the canvas c from moving.

In Fig. 3, r and -r are Wooden or metal rollers jonrnaled into thesides of the case, and provided with knobs l.: and k', one end of each roller being provided with an annular groove, in which is placed the friction-rubber rc. Upon this rubber impinges the brake-spring sp, provided with the adjusting or set screwcs, loosely coilared into the center of the spring sp, working in the plate pl, firmly attached to the inside ofthe case cc, as seen in sectional view, Fig. 4.

The method of constructing my device is as follows: Having the rollers randr constructed as above described and iitted into the case ca., the face of which case is provided with a plain board, fb, of the desired dimensions, into which is cut the longitudinal slots SZ and si', (see Figs. l and 2,) I take the strip of canvas c, upon which is printed or painted the required names ofthe stations or streets, as the case may be, attach one end of this canvas to the roller r, passing the other end out through the slot SZ of the face-board fb and over the face ot' the indicator, thence back through the slot si', attaching it to the roller o", as seen in Fig. 2. By Winding up the canvas on roller r', I bring the iii-st station into view on the face of my indicator, as seen in Fig. l, when, by turning the set-.screw cs, I can bring any desired pressure to bear upon the rollers r r by means of the brake-spring sp, thus preventing the jar ot' the cars from moving the indicator.

The method of operating my device is as follows: Having prepared a receptacle for my indicator at each end of the car by permanently iixing buttons or hooks b. b lil at the requisite distances apart to iit into the notches n n n2 ot' the back board, bb, (see Figs. l, 2, and 3,)

`I set the indicator upon these rests, where it is `held firmly in the proper position` in plain View of all the passengers in the car. Upon leaving station one, I have but to uncle-mp the adjustingscrew as and turn the knob lc, which, being fastened upon the roller l', the canvas c is Wound up, causing the name of this station to pass through the slot sl out of view, bringing the second station into view, when the adjusting-screw asis turned back, clamping the rollers r i", holding them in the desired position. ation is repeated, thus bringing into view of all the passengers the name of the next station or street at which the train or street-car will arrive. W'hen the destination of the train has been reached, the indicator can be removed to the other end of the car, and by turning the knob k the stations on the returntrip will be indicated, as above described.

The advantages of this indicator over all others in use are its simplicity, cheapness, durability, and accuracy, being free from ali complicated machinery, such as cog-Wheels, rate-bets, and so forth.

Having thus fully described my invention,

At each station this operp IOO its purposes and advantages7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined station and street indi-I eator for railroad and street cars, the rollers r and r', provided with journals on each end, annular' grooves in which are fitted the rubbers ru, upon which the spring sp iinpinges7 and the knobs k and k', in combination with the canvas strip c, substantially in the inanner and for the purpose described and set forth in the above specification.

2. In a Combined station and street indi- Gator for railroad and street ears, the brakespring sp, provided With the oollared adjusting-screw as, in combination with the frietion-rubbers ru, fitted into the annular grooves l of the rollers r and r', substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a combined station and street indicator for railroad and street oars, the face-board fb, with longitudinal slots sl and sZ, forming the face of an indicator7 consistiroq of rollers r' which rest the friction-rubbers ru and ra, adjusting-screw as, spring sp, knobs k k', and canvas a, all in combination, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana.

CHARLES H. JENNE. [.L. s] In presence of- H. J. EVERETT, WM. P. SMITH.

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